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The Bucking Chute: A Columbia Ridge Riders Story
Paperback
Series: Biographical Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 13 2026
Pages: 102
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.26 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Bucking Chute
A Columbia Ridge Riders StorySome stories are about winning.
This one is about the people who helped shape a life.
Growing up in the small-town rodeo circuit of eastern Washington and northeastern Oregon, young Matt Carson measures his summers one rodeo at a time. Every Friday afternoon the horses are loaded, the pickup heads down another country highway, and the Columbia Ridge Riders gather at another fairground where friendships are forged behind the bucking chutes, around campfires, and over paper plates balanced on folding tables.
For Matt, rodeo is far more than bull riding, team roping, and championship buckles. It is a way of life.
It is the old announcer who knows every child's name.
The grandfather who teaches without preaching.
The deaf cowboy who refuses to let hardship define him.
The foster boy who quietly serves everyone around him.
The older cowboy whose pocket is always filled with peppermint candy for frightened children.
The families who somehow find room for one more chair and one more hamburger.
The quiet Christian who speaks about Christ with kindness instead of pressure.
As the seasons pass, Matt discovers that growing up isn't measured only by the rides he makes or the buckles he wins. It is found in the long roads between little towns, the lessons learned from ordinary people, the friendships that outlast competition, and the realization that life eventually carries every cowboy beyond the arena.
Written in the tradition of classic Americana, The Bucking Chute is a nostalgic coming-of-age novel inspired by the real culture of the Columbia Ridge Riders and the community rodeos of the Pacific Northwest during the 1970s. Rich with authentic rodeo life, memorable characters, and gentle humor, it captures a generation of families who built lifelong friendships one summer weekend at a time.
Whether you grew up around rodeos or have never stepped inside an arena, you'll recognize the values that made these communities special:
- Integrity
- Hard work
- Hospitality
- Loyalty
- Humility
- Faith
- Family
- Friendship
More than a Western novel, this is a story about ordinary people whose quiet acts of kindness shaped the lives of everyone around them.
If you enjoy the storytelling of Louis L'Amour, Ivan Doig, Kent Haruf, or wholesome small-town fiction filled with authentic characters, rural life, and enduring values, you'll feel at home in these pages.
Ride the back roads of wheat country. Sit around the campfire after the rodeo. Listen for the crackle of the announcer's microphone. Meet the people who made a generation of cowboys.
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